Chelsea relieved some of the pressure on manager Maurizio Sarri with a thumping 5-0 win over bottom-placed Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge. Higuain celebrates his first Blues double as Hazard nets twice.
2018/2019 Premier League
5-0
Match Reports
Gonzalo Higuain scored his first two goals for Chelsea as they thumped Huddersfield Town 5-0 in Saturday's Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentina striker converted in each half, either side of a double from Eden Hazard, to cap an impressive home debut for the club he joined on loan from Juventus last month.
Chelsea completed the rout in the 86th minute, when David Luiz's header got the better of Jonas Lossl with a hefty deflection off Elias Kachunga.
Match Events
16'GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Huddersfield (Higuain)
GOOOAAALLLL!!! HIGUAIN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK!! The new arrival bags his first Premier League strike following more Chelsea pressure in the Huddersfield half, and he gets on the end of Kante’s brilliant throughball before slotting it past Lossl! 1-0 to the Blues, and it has been coming!
46'Penalty Goal! Chelsea 2-0 Huddersfield (Hazard)
HAZARD MAKES IT 2-0!! The Belgium winger makes no mistake from the spot as he scores his 11th Premier League goal of the season!
66'GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Huddersfield (Hazard)
GOOOOAAALLLL!! HIGUAIN MAKES IT 4-0 TO CHELSEA!! Hazard cuts inside and feeds the ball to Kante, who passes it first-time to an unmarked Higuain who curls in a splendid effort that Lossl simply had no chance of stopping!
69'GOAL! Chelsea 4-0 Huddersfield (Higuain)
GOOOOAAALLLL!! HIGUAIN MAKES IT 4-0 TO CHELSEA!! Hazard cuts inside and feeds the ball to Kante, who passes it first-time to an unmarked Higuain who curls in a splendid effort that Lossl simply had no chance of stopping!
86' GOAL! Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield (D. Luiz)
GOOOAAALLL!!! DAVID LUIZ MAKES IT 5-0!! A routine Willian corner finds a David Luiz in the Huddersfield box, and he is able to get a powerful header in on goal that Lossl is unable to get a firm hand on despite Schindler’s efforts to track him!
Match Ratings
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: G. Higuaín, Willian, D.Luiz, Azpilicueta, E. Hazard, M.Alonso, Barkley, Jorginho, Kepa, A. Christensen, N. Kanté
Subs: W. Caballero, O. Giroud, Pedro, M. Kovačić, A. Rüdiger, R. Loftus-Cheek, C. Hudson-Odoi
Huddersfield XI: J. Lössl, C.Löwe, A. Mooy, Schindler, Kachunga, Kongolo, T.Smith, Diakhaby, Mbenza, Billing, J. Bacuna
Subs: M. Jørgensen, Puncheon, Ben Hamer, A. Pritchard, Mounie, Hadergjonaj, Karlan Grant